On Monday's Tour de France rest day, Chris Horner eat a Big Mac, a hamburger, fries, a large Coke and a McFlurry. That meal and a third burger from another place gave the American rider a bit of an upset stomach and temporarily derailed his plans for a stage win.

Olympic multiple gold medalist Michael Phelps has his first post-Olympic endorsement deal. The champion swimmer, known to prepare by wearing music-blaring earphones while waiting to hit the pool for his next event, signed with an oh-so-appropriate sponsor: a maker of MP3 digital music players.

The 5 a.m. commuter is no longer an oddity. The workday is starting at an increasingly early hour as more employees adopt non-traditional work schedules, a fast-growing trend that's transforming the 9-to-5 workday.